UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  Agricultural  Experiment  Station 

COLLEGE   OF  AGRICULTURE  E.  J.  Wickson,  director 

BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 


CIRCULAR  No.  45 

(August,  1909.) 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  FARMERS'  SHORT 
COURSES  FOR  1909 


AT   THE 


UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


Dairy  Manufacture.— Eight  weeks.    October  4th-November  24th. 

Market  Milk  and  Cream  Supply.— Two  weeks.    October  llth-23rd. 

Irrigation,  Fertilizers,  Field  and  Forage  Crops.— Two  weeks.    October  llth-23rd. 

Poultry  Husbandry.— Two  weeks.     October  llth-23rd. 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science.— Three  weeks.    November  lst-19th. 

Horticulture,  Viticulture,  and  Entomology.— Two  weeks.    November  lst-13th. 

Farmer's  Week.— October  25th-30th. 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA  agricultural  Experiment  Station 

COLLEGE   OF  AGRICULTURE  E-  J'  WlCKSON,  Director 

BERKELEY,  CALIFORNIA 


CIRCULAR  No.  45 

(August,  1909.) 


ANNOUNCEMENT  OF  FARMERS'  SHORT 
COURSES  FOR  1909 


AT    THE 


UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


Dairy  Manufacture.— Eight  weeks.    October  4th-November  24th. 

Market  Milk  and  Cream  Supply.— Two  weeks.    October  llth-23rd. 

Irrigation,  Fertilizers,  Field  and  Forage  Crops.— Two  weeks.    October  llth-23rd. 

Poultry  Husbandry.— Two  weeks.     October  llth-23rd. 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science.— Three  weeks.    November  lst-19th. 

Horticulture,  Viticulture,  and  Entomology.— Two  weeks.    November  lst-13th. 

Farmer's  Week.— October  25th-30th. 


Benjamin  Ide  Wheeler,  Ph.D.,  LL.D.,  President  of  the  University. 

INSTRUCTING  STAFF  AND  SUBJECTS. 

E.  J.  Wickson,  M.A.,  Horticulture,  Grasses  and  Forage  Crops. 
Leroy  Anderson,  M.S.A.,  Ph.D.,  Farm  Management,  Superintendent 

University  Farm  Schools. 
M.  E.  Jaffa,  M.S.,  Poultry  Husbandry,  Nutrition. 
C.  W.  Woodworth,  M.S.,  Entomology. 
R,  E.  Smith,  M.S.,  Plant  Pathology. 
G.  W.  Shaw,  M.A.,  Ph.D.,  Cereals  and  Sugar  Beets. 

E.  W.  Major,  B.Agr.,  Animal  Industry,  Farm  Manager. 

F.  T.  Bioletti,  M.S.,  Viticulture. 
W.  T.  Clarke,  B.S.,  Horticulture. 

B.  A.  Etcheverrv,  B.S.,  Irrigation. 

A.  R.  Ward,  B.S.A.,  D.V.M.,  Bacteriology  and  Veterinary  Science. 
J.  S.  Bued,  B.S.,  Fertilizers. 

C.  M.  Haring,  D.V.M.,  Veterinary  Science. 
H.  A.  Hopper,  M.S.A.,  Dairy  Industry. 

A.  M.  Cleghorn,  B.A.,  Principal  School  of  Agriculture. 
E.  H.  Hageman,  Dairy  Industry. 
R.  E.  Mansell,  Horticulture. 

A.  J.  Gaumnitz,  B.S.A.,  Cereals. 

R.  M.  Roberts,  B.S.A.,  Farm  Practice  and  Viticulture. 
Howard  Phillips,  B.S.,  Animal  Industry. 
Roscoe  Farrar,  B.S.,  Soils  and  Farm  Crops. 
L.  M.  Davis,  B.S.,  Dairy  Industry. 

B.  S.  Brown,  B.S.A.,  Horticulture. 
M.  E.  Sherwin,  B.S.,  Cereals. 

S.  H.  Beckett,  B.S.,  Irrigation. 

Katharine  Winans,  B.S.,  Matron  of  Dormitory. 


H.  C.  Shaw,  Clerk. 

J.  T.  Rodgers,  Farm  Foreman, 

Emil  Grauel,  Orchardist. 

C.  B.  Thiebaud,  Engineer,  Creamery. 

Leo  Kloekler,  Assistant  Buttermaker. 

Thomas  Wilson,  Gardener. 

J.  A.  Denny,  Irrigation  and  Sugar  Beets. 

J.  Alvares,  Stockman, 


FARMERS'  SHORT  COURSES,  FOR  1909. 

UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS. 


The  first  series  of  short  courses  offered  by  the  College  of  Agricul- 
ture at  the  University  Farm  was  held  during  October  and  November, 
1908.  The  attendance  was  representative  of  the  leading  farming  in- 
terests of  California  and  included  men  and  women  of  all  ages  and 
degrees  of  experience  in  their  several  lines  of  Agriculture.  The  total 
registration  in  all  courses  was  119,  from  which  deducting  ten,  who 
enrolled  in  more  than  one  course,  leaves  109  persons  who  took  advan- 
tage of  the  instruction. 

Some  changes  are  made  in  the  short  courses  offered  for  1909.  The 
course  in  Poultry  Husbandry  will  be  increased  from  eight  days  to 
two  weeks  in  length.  With  the  exception  of  Dairy  Manufacture  all 
the  other  courses  will  be  one  week  shorter  than  in  1908.  It  is  ex- 
pected, however,  that  fully  as  much  instruction  will  be  given,  for  the 
daily  exercises  will  begin  at  eight  o  'clock  instead  of  nine  and  continue 
until  five  in  the  afternoon,  with  the  addition  of  more  evening  lectures. 

A  new  course  is  added  under  the  head  of  Market  Milk  and  Cream 
Supply  and  will  be  for  two  weeks.  It  is  designed  especially  for  the 
dairy  farmer  who  has  a  separator  and  sells  milk  or  cream. 

We  believe  the  changes  in  the  length  of  courses  will  be  appreciated 
by  the  busy  farmer,  who  cannot  leave  his  work  for  a  long  time.  Every 
day  will  be  full  of  good  things.  The  lectures  will  be  boiled  down  and 
the  practical  exercises  so  arranged  that  the  most  possible  good  may 
be  obtained  in  the  short  time.  We  have  tried  also  to  so  arrange  the 
courses  that  those  who  are  able  to  remain  longer  may  take  two  courses 
to  their  liking. 

Another  new  feature  is  the  addition  of  six  daj^s  of  general  instruc- 
tion and  conference  in  agricultural  topics  designated  as  Farmer's 
Week.  It  begins  Monday,  October  25th,  following  the  short  courses 
in  Poultry  Husbandry,  Irrigation  and  Forage  Crops  and  Market  Milk 
and  Cream  Supply.  At  the  close  of  Farmer's  Week  the  courses  in 
Horticulture  and  Animal  Industry  begin.  It  is  hoped  that  all  who 
attend  the  short  courses  will  be  present  during  Farmer's  Week.  Every 
farmer  in  the  State  should  be  there.     Read  more  about  it  on  page  15. 

The    short    courses    are   open   to    all    persons    who    are    at    least 


seventeen  years  of  age.  No  entrance  examinations  will  be  given  nor 
any  requirement  imposed  except  an  earnest  desire  to  make  the  best 
use  of  the  opportunities  offered  by  the  State  through  its  University. 

This  Circular,  regarding  instruction  at  the  University  Farm,  is  the 
third  issued  this  season.    The  three  are  : 

No.  43.  The  School  of  Agriculture. 

No.  44.  Opportunities  for  Instruction  in  Dairy  Industry. 

No.  45.  Farmer's  Short  Courses. 

Copies  of  these  circulars  will  be  mailed  free  to  all  who  inquire. 
All  questions  will  be  gladly  answered,  and  correspondence  concerning 
the  different  courses  is  invited. 

Leroy  Anderson, 

Superintendent  University  Farm  Schools, 

Davis,  California. 


THE  UNIVERSITY  FARM. 

An  act  of  the  Legislature  of  1905  created  a  Commission  to  select, 
and  provided  money  to  purchase,  a  farm  for  the  University  of  Cali- 
fornia, to  be  called  the  University  Farm,  and  to  be  used  through  the 
College  of  Agriculture  for  conducting  experiments  and  for  giving 
instruction  to  students  in  agriculture.  The  Commission  finally  selected 
a  farm  of  780  acres  of  fine  valley  land  near  Davis,  in  Yolo  County, 
and  it  was  purchased  in  1906.  Davis  is  thirteen  miles  west  of  Sacra- 
mento, and  ten  miles  south  of  Woodland ;  it  is  at  the  junction  of  two 
branches  of  the  Southern  Pacific  railroad,  one  leading  into  Oregon, 
the  other  to  the  East.  The  Farm  adjoins  the  town  on  the  west,  and 
lies  along  the  north  bank  of  Putah  Creek. 

Various  divisions  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  are  using  portions  of  the  Farm  for  experimental 
purposes  and  to  grow  feed  for  stock.  The  divisions  of  horticulture 
and  viticulture  have  fifty  acres  planted  or  to  be  planted  to  trees  and 
vines  :  the  division  of  animal  industry  has  eighty  acres  seeded  to  alfalfa 
and  twenty  acres  more  under  preparation,  also  several  acres  in  maize 
and  stock  beets.  Under  a  special  State  appropriation,  cereal  investi- 
gations are  conducted  upon  about  fifty  acres.  The  U.  S.  Department 
of  Agriculture  is  conducting  irrigation  investigations  upon  thirty 
acres,  in  methods  of  applying  water.  On  several  smaller  areas,  euca- 
lyptus trees  are  planted,  variety  tests  of  maize  are  under  way,  and 
Egyptian  corn  and  other  summer  crops  grown.  The  larger  part  of  the 
Farm  is  in  hay  and  grain  and  is  used  experimentally  as  the  needs 
require. 


Buildings  and  equipment. 

For  purposes  of  instruction  in  agriculture  several  buildings  have 
been  erected  on  the  Farm  since  its  purchase,  and  others  will  be  added 
as  the  need  arises  and  funds  are  available.  The  Creamery  is  a  two- 
story  building  60  X  80  and  has  rooms  for  separating,  churning,  and 
cheese  making.  A  forty-horsepower  boiler  furnishes  steam  for  heating, 
and  for  power  to  operate  the  creamery  machinery  and  the  eight-ton 
refrigerating  machine.  On  the  second  floor  are  two  class-rooms,  a 
laboratory  and  four  offices.  This  building  is  for  the  present  the 
administrative  center  of  the  Farm  and  the  School. 

The  Pavilion  is  a  one-story  octagon-shaped  building  60  X  80.  It 
serves  as  a  place  for  stock-judging  and  also  as  an  auditorium  for  gen- 
eral meetings.    The  seating  capacity  is  about  500. 

The  Dairy  barn  consists  of  a  main  hay  and  feed  portion  41  X  166 
and  two  wings  at  right  angles  thereto  each  41  X  105.  The  east  wing 
has  stanchions  for  fifty-two  cows,  while  the  west  wing  has  small  stanch- 
ions for  calves,  and  ten  boxstalls  for  cows  at  calving  and  for  bulls. 
The  central  part  of  the  main  barn  is  reserved  for  hay  storage,  while 
the  ends  are  occupied  with  feed  rooms,  machine  room,  driveways,  and 
three  sleeping  rooms  for  attendants.  The  barn  has  a  concrete  floor 
throughout  with  concrete  gutters  and  mangers. 

The  Seed  house  is  located  on  the  cereal  experiment  tract,  and  is 
especially  designed  for  the  needs  of  that  department.  It  is  a  one- 
story  building  25  X  46,  and  in  addition  to  office  and  small  seed  room 
has  three  larger  rooms;  one  a  tool  room,  one  for  student  laboratory 
and  one  for  general  work  room. 

The  Dormitory  is  a  two  and  one-half  story  building  36  X  150, 
accommodating  sixty  students.  It  has  also  two  suites  consisting  of 
sitting-room,  sleeping-room,  and  private  bath.  Every  convenience  in 
the  way  of  bathing  facilities,  heating,  lighting,  large  living-room  and 
furnishings  has  been  provided  to  make  the  life  in  the  dormitory  at- 
tractive and  homelike. 

A  wTater  and  sewer  system  has  been  installed  at  a  cost  of  about 
$18,000.  The  domestic  water  supply  is  pumped  from  a  deep  well  into 
a  30,000-gallon  tank  at  an  elevation  of  sixty  feet.  Six-inch  pipes 
carry  the  water  to  all  present  buildings  and  on  lines  to  supply  many 
future  buildings,  and  to  fire-hydrants  at  necessary  points.  The  dis- 
posal of  sewage  is  by  means  of  septic  tanks  from  which  it  is  pumped 
over  an  aerator  and  then  applied  to  the  land  for  irrigation.  Six-  and 
eight-inch  sewer  pipes  lead  from  the  buildings  to  the  septic  tank  with 
concrete   manholes   at   convenient    intervals.      This   svstem   has   been 


planned  and  constructed  with  extreme  care,  to  the  end  that  future 
occupants  of  the  Farm  and  attendants  upon  the  Schools  may  be  as- 
sured of  sanitary  surroundings. 

New  Buildings. 

During;  the  summer  of  1909  several  buildings  will  be  added  to  the 
present  equipment  of  the  Farm.  A  dining-hall  and  kitchen  will  be 
built  near  the  dormitory.  The  dining-room  will  be  large  enough  to 
accommodate  125  boarders:  and  its  plan  will  allow  it  to  be  greatly 
enlarged  as  the  number  of  students  at  the  Farm  increases.  The  kitchen 
will  be  thoroughly  up-to-date,  with  refrigerating-room,  store-rooms, 
and  laundry  adjoining.  On  the  second  floor,  over  the  dining-room, 
will  be  several  sleeping-rooms. 

In  addition  to  the  dining-hall  the  following  buildings  are  soon  to 
be  erected :  A  horticulture  building,  fully  equipped  with  laboratories, 
greenhouses,  class-rooms,  and  a  large  assembly  hall ;  a  horse  barn  and 
buildings  for  swine  and  sheep  to  be  added  to  the  equipment  of  the 
division  of  animal  industry ;  an  addition  to  the  seed  house  which  will 
more  than  double  the  storage  capacity  and  permit  all  of  the  present 
building  to  be  used  for  laboratory  purposes;  a  veterinary  clinic  con- 
sisting of  lecture,  anatomy,  office,  and  laboratory  rooms  and  stable; 
and  several  poultry  houses. 


CALENDAR  OF  SHORT  COURSES. 

Dairy  Manufacture.— Eight  weeks.    October  4th-November  24th. 

Market  Milk  and  Cream  Supply.— Two  weeks.     October  llth-23rd. 

Irrigation,  Fertilizers,  Field  and  Forage  Crops.— Two  weeks.    October  llth-23rd. 

Poultry  Husbandry.— Two  weeks.     October  llth-23rd. 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science.— Three  weeks.    November  lst-19th. 

Horticulture,  Viticulture,  and  Entomology.— Two  weeks.    November  lst-13th. 

Farmer's  Week.— October  25th-30th. 

DAIEY  MAXUFACTUEES-EIGHT  WEEKS. 

October  4th-Xovember  24th. 

For  creamery  butter  makers  and  cheese  makers. 

Object. — To  give  practical  instruction  in  the  principles  underlying 

clean  milk  production  and  the  manufacture  therefrom  of  butter  and 

cheese  and  to  afford  an  opportunity  of  making  and  handling  these 

products  under  the  instruction  of  successful  operators. 

Instructors. — Assistant  Professor  Hopper.  Dr.  Ward,  Mr.  Davis, 
Mr.  Hagemann,  and  others. 


Lectures  on  the  secretion,  composition  and  handling  of  milk;  fer- 
mentations in  milk  and  their  control;  testing  milk,  cream,  and  other 
products  for  butter  fat ;  separation  of  cream,  cream  ripening',  pasteu- 
rization and  the  use  of  starters;  churning,  control  of  and  tests  for 
water  in  butter;  dairy  bacteriology,  cheese  making,  curing,  creamery 
accounting,  etc. ;  steam  engines,  boilers,  motors,  pumps,  etc.,  and  many 
other  subjects  of  vital  interest  to  all  who  aim  to  become  successful 
creamery  operators. 

Two  lectures  dail}'  for  eight  weeks.  Practice  in  the  separating 
room,  churning  room,  cheese  rooms,  milk  testing  laboratory,  bacte- 
riology laboratory  and  with  machinery ;  4-6  hours  daily,  including 
Saturday. 


THE    HAND    SEPARATOR    PLAYS    AN    IMPORTANT    PART    IN    OUR    DAIRY    INDUSTRY. 
THE  STUDENT   STUDIES   ALL  TYPES  OF   MACHINES   DURING  HIS   COURSE. 

During  this  course  the  sixth  and  last  entry  for  the  current  year  of 
the  Educational  Butter  Scoring  Contest  will  be  scored  at  the  dairy 
school  and  premiums  awarded. 

It  is  recommended  that  those  registering  in  this  course  shall  have 
had  some  creamery  or  dairy  experience. 


MARKET  MILK  AND  CREAM  SUPPLY -TWO  WEEKS. 
October  11th-23rd. 
For  milk  dealers  and  creamery  patrons. 
Object. — To  give  practical  instruction  in  the  most  approved  meth- 
ods of  handling  milk  or  cream   for  creamery  purposes  or  for  direct 
consumption. 


10 

Instructors. — Assistant  Professor  Hopper,  Dr.  Ward,  Mr.  Davis, 
Mr.  Hagemann,  and  others. 

Lectures  upon  the  secretion  of  milk,  its  composition  and  the  influ- 
ences affecting  same.  Requirements*  for  handling  milk  and  cream  for 
market  or  dairy  purposes.  Testing  milk  and  cream  for  butter  fat, 
acidity  or  adulterations.  Practice  in  running  hand  separators,  bot- 
tling, standardizing  and  pasteurizing  milk  or  cream  for  market. 

Two  or  three  lectures  daily.  Practice  in  milk  testing,  laboratory 
and  market  milk-rooms.    4-6  hours  daily. 

For  instruction  in  milk  testing,  short-course  students  must  register 
in  one  of  the  above  courses. 


i 

- : ■ ; : r— 

\ 

?  U  \l£d 

t              4& 

Irrigation  Class. 


IRRIGATION,  FERTILIZERS,  FIELD  AND  FORAGE  CROPS— TWO  WEEKS. 
Monday,  October  Hth-Saturday,  October  23rd. 

•Irrigation.  Assistant  Professor  Etcheverry  and  Mr.  Beckett. 

Explanation  of  principles  and  construction  of  levels  and  level  rods. 
Practice  with  levels  and  rods.  Staking  out  work,  calculating  quanti- 
ties and  keeping  notes. 

Preparation  of  land  for  irrigation.  Description  of  tools  used  in 
digging  laterals  and  grading  land.  Different  methods  of  applying 
water.  Measurement  of  water  and  computation  by  means  of  meters, 
weirs,  floats,  etc. 

First  week,  3  lectures  and  5  hours  field  work  dailv. 


11 

Grasses  and  Forage  Crops.  Professor  Wickson. 

A  discussion  of  the  various  lands  available  for  pasturage  and  for- 
age purposes  in  California ;  of  the  policies  which  yield  best  results, 
and  the  culture  of  grasses  and  other  forage  plants  which  have  shown 
special  adaptation  to  California  conditions  under  rainfall  or  irrigation. 

Farmer's  week,  1  lecture  daily. 

Fertilizers.  Assistant  Professor  Burd. 

The  nature  of  fertilizers  and  their  relation  to  plants  and  soils. 
Second  week.  1  lecture  daily. 


Harvesting  Alfalfa. 

Sugar  Beets  and  Cereals.  Associate  Professor  Shaw. 

Mr.  Gaumnitz,  Mr.  Sherwin,  and  Mr.  Denny. 

Sugar  beet  culture.  Soils  and  climates,  selecting  and  testing  seed, 
preparation  of  land,  fertilizer  and  water  requirements,  cultivation  and 
irrigation,  conserving  the  fertility  under  beet  culture. 

Cereal  production.  Wheat,  barley,  and  oats,  types,  distribution, 
and  adaptability,  grading  grain  as  to  quality  and  selection  of  seed. 
Corn,  its  structure  and  composition.  Maintaining  fertility  under  ce- 
real culture. 

Second  week.  2  lectures  dailv  and  4  hours  field  work. 


12 


POULTRY  HUSBANDRY— TWO  WEEKS. 
Monday,  October  Hth-Tuksday,  October  23rd. 

Breeds  and  Management. 

Professor  Jaffa.  Mrs.  Baslef,  and  Special  Lecturers. 

Study  of  breeds  and  breeding,  feeding,  care  and  management,  in- 
cubators, and  incubation,  egg  testing,  housing,  and  judging  poultry. 

Four  lectures  daily  and  practice  each  afternoon. 

Diseases  of  Poultry.  Dr.  IIarixg  and  Special  Lecturers. 

Demonstration  of  methods  of  prevention  and  treatment  of  common 
troubles  and  infectious  diseases  of  fowls,  caponizing  and  other  poultry 
surgery. 


: 

■ 

STOCK  JUDGING. 


ANIMAL  INDUSTRY  AND  VETERINARY  SCIENCE  — THREE  WEEKS. 
Monday,  November  Ist-Saturday,  November  20th. 

Animal  Industry. 

Associate  Professor  Major,  Mr.  Phillips,  and  Special  Lecturers. 

First  Week — Dairy  Cattle.     A  course  of  lectures  on  the  various 
breeds  of  dairy  cattle;  their  selection,  feeding,  care  and  management: 


13 

special  attention  being  given  to  the  economical  production  of  milk  and 
butter  fat;  practice  work  in  judging. 

Care  and  Feeding  of  Dairy  Stock.  Lectures  on  the  principles  of 
feeding;  raising  and  handling  of  forage  crops;  silos  and  silage;  plan- 
ning of  dairy  buildings. 

Second  Week — Beef  Cattle,  Sheep,  and  Swine.  Lectures  on  market 
types,  breeds  and  their  handling,  including  a  study  of  their  origin, 
history,  characteristics  and  adaptability  to  different  conditions  of  soil 
and  climate ;  practice  work  in  judging. 

Third  Week — Horses  and  Mules.  Lectures  on  the  various  breeds; 
their  origin  and  history;  feeding,  care  and  handling,  particular  atten- 
tion being  given  to  the  market  types,  with  their  characteristics  and 
adaptability  for  different  purposes;  practice  work  in  judging. 

Veterinary  Science.  Dr.  Haring  and  Special  Lecturers. 

The  prevention  of  animal  diseases,  care  and  treatment  of  sick  ani- 
mals, preparation  of  simple  farm  medicines,  methods  of  restraint  for 
animals  during  operations,  and  practical  facts  regarding  the  anatomy 
and  plrysiology  of  domestic  animals,  illustrated  by  dissections  of  horses 
and  cattle.  A  limited  number  of  students  will  be  privileged  to  per- 
form minor  surgical  operations  such  as  dehorning,  spaying  of  cows, 
castrating,  and  veterinary  dentistry. 


ANATOMY   01'  THE   HORSE. 


14 


Field  work  in  tuberculin  testing  and  vaccinating  will  be  possible 
for  all  in  the  course.  The  work  will  be  so  arranged  that  special  atten- 
tion will  be  given  the  first  week  to  dairy  cattle,  the  second  week  to 
beef  cattle  and  hogs,  the  third  week  to  horses  and  mules. 


HOKTICULTUKE,  VITICULTUKE,  AND  ENTOMOLOGY— TWO  WEEKS. 
Monday,  November  Ist-Saturday,  November  13th. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture.  Professor  Wickson, 

Assistant  Professor  Clarke,  and  Special  Lecturers. 
A  lecture  and  demonstration  course  covering  the  planting,  care 
and  management  of  orchards  and  vineyards.  So  far  as  the  season  and 
material  at  hand  permit,  the  student  will  perform  the  various  opera- 
tions connected  with  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  orchards 
and  vineyards.  Considerable  attention  will  be  given  to  the  commercial 
side  of  orchard  and  vineyard  operations,  methods  of  disposition  of  the 
crop,  and  similar  topics.  Bench  grafting  and  similar  operations  will 
receive  much  attention. 


RAISIN   MAKING. 


15 

Entomology.  Associate  Professor  Wood  worth, 

Mr.  Morris,  Mr.  Volck,  and  Mr.  Hunter. 

A  series  of  practical  lectures  and  demonstrations  illustrating  and 
discussing  the  problems  of  insect  control,  including  the  following  sub- 
jects: codling  moth,  peach  moth,  potato  moth,  corn  worm,  cutworms, 
grasshoppers,  vinehoppers,  cabbage  aphis,  melon  aphis,  apple-leaf 
aphids,  woolly  aphis,  phylloxera,  San  Jose  scale,  red  and  yellow  scale, 
black  scale,  brown  apricot  scale,  white  fly,  fruit  thrips,  red  spiders, 
etc.  Also  a  detailed  discussion  of  arsenical  sprays,  distillate  emulsions, 
lime  sulfur  mixture,  and  cyanide  fumigation. 

Excursions  to  nearby  packing  houses,  orchards,  and  vineyards  will 
be  arranged  for  Saturdays  during  the  continuance  of  these  courses. 
Students  will  thus  be  enabled  to  observe  methods  under  the  most 
favorable  conditions.  Reading  rooms  will  be  available,  and  illustrated 
lectures  covering  various  phases  of  orchard  work  will  profitably  occupy 
certain  evenings  while  these  courses  are  in  progress. 


FARMER'S  WEEK. 

Monday,  October  25th-Saturday,  October  30th. 

One  of  the  most  helpful  of  modern  methods  in  the  development  of 
short  courses  is  several  days  of  instruction  in  all  branches  of  agricul- 
ture so  concentrated  and  digested  as  to  eliminate  the  element  of  time 
which  is  often  a  barrier  between  the  farmer  and  his  ability  to  take 
advantage  of  courses  in  the  agricultural  college.  The  farmers  are 
few  who  cannot  be  away  from  home  for  a  week,  and  this  week  is  to  be 
so  attractive  that  even  these  few  will  be  impelled  to  come. 

The  lectures  and  demonstrations  by  the  agricultural  faculty  are  to 
be  definite  and  pointed,  striking  at  the  very  heart  and  meat  of  the 
subject  and  of  the  needs  of  California  agriculture.  The  addresses  by 
public  men  will  be  rich  in  fact  and  give  the  hearers  food  for  thought 
for  a  year  to  come.  The  conferences  and  associations  will  bring  to- 
gether men  and  women  prominent  in  the  betterment  of  agriculture  and 
of  country  life  throughout  the  state. 

Among  the  prominent  men  of  the  State  who  have  signified  their 
intention  to  be  present  are  Governor  J.  N.  Gillett,  Professor  E.  J. 
Wickson,  Dean  of  the  College  of  Agriculture ;  Professor  I.  P.  Roberts, 
Palo  Alto;  Judge  Peter  J.  Shields  of  Sacramento,  Hon.  H.  A.  Jastro, 
President  State  Agricultural  Society,  and  Hon.  J.  W.  Jeffrey,  State 
Commissioner  of  Horticulture. 


16 


17 

Members  of  the  staff  of  the  College  of  Agriculture  and  others  will 
discuss  many  important  topics  such  as  Field  and  Forage  Crops,  Im- 
provement of  Cereals,  Soil  Fertility,  Live  Stock  Management  and  Judg- 
ing, Orchards  and  Fruits,  Plant  Diseases,  Animal  Diseases,  Foods  and 
Nutrition,  Care  and  Handling  Dairy  Products,  Irrigation.  Sugar  Beets. 
Poultry  Keeping,  and  Agricultural  Education. 

It  is  expected  that  several  Associations  will  hold  conventions  at 
the  University  Farm  during  Farmer's  Week.  The  University  Farm 
Students'  Association,  Farmers'  Institute  Workers,  Sacramento  Valley 
Development  Association,  and  California  Live  Stock  Breeders'  Asso- 
ciation are  among  those  which  have  already  been  suggested  as  holding 
their  meeting  at  that  time. 

A  detailed  programme  of  the  week  will  be  issued  during  the  latter 
part  of  September  and  mailed  to  all  who  may  request.  Ample  notice 
of  the  week  will  also  be  given  in  the  Press  of  the  State. 


SCHEDULE  OF  EXERCISES. 

In  most  courses  the  forenoons  from  8  to  12  o'clock  will  be  given 
up  to  lectures,  recitations,  and  conferences.  The  afternoons  will  be 
occupied  with  field  or  laboratory  work,  beginning  at  1  o'clock  and  con- 
tinuing for  three  or  four  hours.  Saturday  morning  wrill  likewise  be 
used  for  field  work. 

In  dairy  manufacture  the  work  will  begin  at  8  o'clock  with  two 
hours  of  lectures  and  continue  until  the  day's  duties  are  completed. 

Lectures  of  general  interest  may  be  expected  one  or  two  evenings 
of  each  wreek  and  in  some  instances  these  will  be  illustrated. 

Registration  for  each  course  will  take  place  in  the  Superintendent's 
office  during  the  forenoon  of  the  first  day  of  each  course.  The  fee  is 
then  paid  and  cards  for  the  course  issued.  Instruction  begins  at  1 
o  'clock  of  the  same  day. 

Board  and  room  may  be  obtained  in  Davis  at  from  twenty  to 
twenty-five  dollars  per  month  or  from  six  to  seven  dollars  per  week. 
Private  families  open  their  homes  generally  for  short-course  students 
and  one  hundred  persons  can  be  readily  accommodated  in  addition  to 
the  usual  number  at  hotels. 

A  small  fee  is  charged  each  student  to  cover  cost  of  materials  used 
upon  a  basis  of  one  dollar  per  week  except  in  Dairy  Manufacture. 


18 

where  the  cost  is  a  little  more.  In  the  courses  which  include  milk 

testing  a  deposit  for  breakage  is  also  charged,  but  such  portion  as  is 

not  needed  to  pay  for  breakage  is  returned.     The  fees  and  deposits 
are  as  follows : 

Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science,  fee  $3.00. 
Dairy  Manufacture,  fee  $10.00,  deposit  $5.00. 
Horticulture,  fee  $2.00. 

Irrigation,  Fertilizers  and  Field  Crops,  fee  $2.00. 
Market  Milk  and  Cream  Supply,  fee  $2.00,  deposit  $5.00. 
Poultry  Husbandry,  fee  $2.00. 

Students  in  the  dairy  courses  will  be  required  to  wear  white  muslin 
suits  and  caps  when  in  the  laboratories.  The  suit  is  one  usually  worn 
by  painters  and  is  inexpensive.  Each  student  should  provide  himself 
with  at  least  two  suits. 

Students  in  some  of  the  other  courses,  especially  Animal  Industry, 
will  need  overalls  and  jumper. 

The  cost  of  the  text  and  note  books  depends  largely  upon  the  desire 
of  the  individual.  Text  books  are  not  required  in  any  course  except 
Dairy  Manufacture. 


REDUCED  RAILROAD  RATES  TO  THE  SHORT  COURSES. 

The  Southern  Pacific  and  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Companies  will  place 
in  effect  a  rate  of  one  and  one-third  lowest  first-class  fare  per  capita 
for  the  round  trip  on  receipt-certificate  plan,  from  all  stations  in  Cali- 
fornia to  Davis,  tickets  being  on  sale  for  going  trip  October  first  to 
November  24th  and  certificates  to  be  honored  for  return  at  one-third 
fare  (providing  there  are  50  or  more  delegates  in  attendance  holding 
properly  issued  receipt-certificates),  October  4th  to  November  26th, 
1909. 

Prospective  attendants  upon  the  Short  Courses  are  advised  by  the 
railroad  companies  that  if  through  any  fault  of  their  own  they  are 
unable  to  obtain  benefit  of  the  above  reduced  fare,  the  companies  will 
not  consider  claims  for  refund. 

These  rates  also  apply  to  Farmer's  Week,  October  25th-30th.  ' 


19 


SHORT-COURSE   STUDENTS— UNIVERSITY  FARM. 

Fall  of  1908. 
Animal  Industry  and  Veterinary  Science. 


Name  Address 

Alemedi,  Antone  S.,  San  Francisco. 
Berry,  David  M.,  Alameda. 
Coombe,  D.,  Capetown. 
Dawson,  John  R.,  Benicia. 
Decarli,  John,   Stockton. 
Dewing,  J.  H.,  Walnut  Creek. 
Dolcini,  Valente,  Guadaloupe. 
Fabian,  L.,  San  Francisco. 
Feley,  Amos  J.,  San  Francisco. 
Fleutsch,  P.,  Visalia. 
Gibson,  T.  B.,  Woodland. 
Hanson,  Peter,  San  Francisco. 
Harlan,  J.  L.,  Woodland. 
Harrison,  H.  T.,  San  Francisco. 
Henry,  Jas.  A.,  Farmington. 
Total,  30. 

Dairy  Manufacture 


Name  Address 

Hewlett,  Palmer  B.,  San  Francisco. 
Hill,  Harry  K.,  Willows. 
Hunt,  Robt.  E.,  San  Francisco. 
Johnson,  Albert  C,  San  Francisco. 
Lane,  Chas.  E.,  Mt.  View. 
Lang,  August  R.,  San  Francisco. 
Metzger,  J.  E.,  Geyserville. 
Mighell,  Jas.  E.,  San  Francisco. 
Miller,  Frederick,  Alameda. 
O  'Rourke,  Mike  J.,  San  Francisco. 
Ross,  Willard  J.,  San  Francisco. 
Russell,  Wm.  O.,  Davis. 
Smith,  Luther  F.,  Petaluma. 
Westfall,  Chester  J.,  Sycamore. 
Wright,  Geo.  M.,  Davis. 


Name  Address 

Alexander,  James,  Modesto. 
Bacianini,  Victor,  Suisun. 
Berg,  J.  A.,  San  Francisco. 
Daniels,  Fred,  Alameda. 
Daniels,  Mrs.  Fred,  Alameda. 
Dawson,  Jay  P.,  San  Luis  Obispo. 
Fish,  Theron  P.,  Meridian. 
Foltz,  George  M.,  Sacramento. 
Griffith,  George  O.,  East  Auburn. 
Haase,  Fred  G.,  Hanford. 
Hickok,  Leon  F.,  Colusa. 
Horner,  Andrew  G.,  Oakland. 
Total,  24. 

Horticulture  and  Viticulture 


Address 


Name 
Hyde,  C.  C,  Davis. 
Jeffery,  William,  Salinas. 
Johnson,  George,  San  Francisco. 
Kleokler,  Leo,  Ceres. 
Mini,  Henry,  Vallejo. 
Ostergard,  Harold,  Colusa. 
Pfohl,  Frank  L.,  Dixon. 
Rodgers,  Douglass,  Crows  Landing. 
Smith,  J.  Ward,  Oakland. 
Smitton,  E.  C,  Crows  Landing. 
Ward,  Spencer,  Escondido. 
Watkins,  George  E.,  Etna. 


Name  Address 

Allen,  W.  S.,  Lockford. 
Anderson,  John  W.,  Davis. 
Bell,  Geoffrey,  Fresno. 
Brunson,  Edward  T.,  Auburn. 
Collins,  Charles  F.,  Dinuba. 
Cookson,  James  N.,  Coalinga. 
Eaton,  Edgar  J.,  Lodi. 
Fleutsch,  Peter,  Visalia. 
Freed,  C.  V.,  Newcastle. 
Hester,  Thomas  G.,  San  Jose. 
Holbrook,  F.  P.,  Fair  Oaks. 
Total,  21. 


Name  Address 

Johnson,  Frank,  San  Gabriel. 
Martin,  William  E.,  Monterey. 
Newcomb,  Walter  I.,  Sebastopol. 
Nielsen,  Emil  T.,  Cupertino. 
Rodgers,  Manuel  S.,  Loomis. 
Steiert,  Emil,  Sanger. 
Stetson,  Meriam,  San  Rafael. 
Walton,  L.  W.,  Yuba  City. 
Weinnemann,  W.  C,  Alameda. 
Widlund,  F.  O.,  Healdsburg. 


20 


Irrigation.  Soils, 

Name  Address 

Adams,  E.  L.,  Spreckels. 
Decarli,  John,  Stockton. 
Fabian,  Laurence,  San  Francisco. 
Fleutsch,  Peter,  Visalia. 
Hewlett,  Palmer  B.,  San  Francisco. 
Johnson,  Frank,  San  Gabriel. 
Johnson,  Mathis,  Haywards. 
Kwan,  Denn  Eh,  Sacramento. 
Mighell,  James  E.,  San  Francisco. 
Mini,  Henry,  Vallejo. 
Total,  20. 


Forage  Crops  and  Cereals. 

Name  Address 

Magleby,  Jacob,  Utah. 
Pillow,  James  H.,  Susanville. 
Rodgers,  S.  S.,  Spreckels. 
Sherwood,  Stanley,  Salinas. 
Smith,  Luther  T.,  Sacramento. 
Steiert,  Emil,  Sanger. 
Stetson,  Meriam,  San   Rafael. 
Walton,  L.  W.,  Yuba  City. 
Weinnemann,  W.  C,  Alameda. 
Wright,   William   M.,   Davis. 


Poultry  Husbandry. 


Name  Address 

Anderson,  Mrs.  B.  F.,  Modesto. 
Atwell,  Mrs.  S.  V.,  Napa.      * 
Bemis,  Mrs.  Charles  C,  East  Oakland. 
Brown,  E.  J.,  Eoseville. 
Brunson,  Bessie  J.,  Auburn. 
Carlson,  Charles  J.,  San  Francisco. 
Dawson,  Mrs.  Jay  P.,  San  Luis  Obispo. 
Dawson,  John  E.,  Benicia. 
Edwards,  H.  L.,  Santa  Barbara. 
Harrison,  H.  T.,  San  Francisco. 
Harvey,  Dalton  H.,  South  Berkeley. 
Haussler,  Mrs.  M.,  Davis. 
Total,  24. 


Name  Address 

Hegi,  Mrs.  E.,  Dixon. 
Hirao,  Saburo,   Sacramento. 
King,  James  F.,  Sycamore. 
Neweomb,  Charles  L.,  Jr.,  Glenn  Ellon. 
Pillow,  James  H.,  Susanville. 
Postnikor,  F.,  Martinez. 
Russell,  Mrs.  W.  O.,  Davis. 
Russell,  Mrs.  Lucy,  Davis. 
Schmeiser,  Miss  E.  F.,  Davis. 
Smith,  Mrs.  R,  R.,  Stockton. 
Warren,  Wm.  True,  Warm  Springs. 
Weller,  Laura  E.,  Vallejo. 


Total  in  all  courses 119 

Deduct  for  names  counted  twice 10 

Total    109 


UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA- COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 
UNIVERSITY  FARM,  DAVIS,  CALIFORNIA 


SHORT  COURSES  IN  AGRICULTURE  1909 


APPLICATION    FORM 


Name  in  full  

Permanent  P.  O.  address 


Age  

Name  and  address  of  parent  or  guardian  (if  under  21) : 


Course  desired  

State  farm  or  creamery  experience 


Date  of  application 


It  will  be  helpful  to  us  to  know  approximately  the  expected  attend- 
ance upon  the  courses  before  their  time  of  beginning  and  we  thus 
ask  all  to  fill  out  and  mail  the  above  application  as  soon  as  the 
decision  to  attend  is  reached.  Address:  Superintendent  of  Univer- 
sity Farm  Schools,  Davis,  California. 


